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Research the Home Depot with information you can find on the internet or the resources you find on your own. The paper should be 3-4 pages in length and have a cover sheet and a reference page. Clarity of presentation is important, as well as your ability to apply the topics to the logistics area of your selected firm. Use at least 3 different sources of information and annotate your sources of information appropriately on your references page and within the text as necessary. You will be assessed on how well you demonstrate your knowledge of the topic as it applies to your selected firm. Submit your assignment for grading by the end of this module.
Provide at least three references for each part.

PART I: Inventory Management

Name Of Organization (HOME DEPOT)

Home Depot Primary Business

Why You Choose Business

Home Depot Inventory Management Procedures

Does This Home Depot Use VMI

Could Home Depot Use VMI

What Does Home Depot Use To ensure It Has The Right Inventory At The Right Time And Control The Cost

Part II: Quality Management

Does your selected organization use quality management procedures in its logistics system?

In what ways does Home Depot use quality management procedures in its logistics system (as you are to give some specific examples)?

If Home Depot does not use quality management procedures, what steps would you suggest they put in place in order to improve its logistics system?

Part III: Logistics Planning

Does Home Depot maximize its logistics efficiency through facility location planning?

If so, in what ways, using examples?

If not, could facility planning improve matters?

Part IV: Facilities Layout

Are Home Depot's facilities designed for logistics efficiency?

If so, how, and what are the effects?

If not, how might they be improved?

Part V: Process Improvement

How can the logistics processes be improved in Home Depot?

What, if anything, have you learned in this course that might help that improvement effort?